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The male locker room of a small town American high school, driven by the twin tribal ethics of bravado and bullying; when there isn’t a predator to eliminate

“In Neptune, the past was always grabbing your ankles, trying to pull you back.” It’s always been true for Veronica Mars, and she has more past than most,

The horror genre is often dismissed by critics, and frequently they are right to do so, as in no other genre are the audience so willing to accept

Many of the best family animated features, no matter how entertaining, feature at their heart a child’s deepest, most fundamental fears. The loss of a parent ranks amongst

If there is one sad truth about horror films, it’s that while there are those writers, directors and producers who are genuinely talented and interested in exploring the

The Earth is destroyed, the satellite colony Station Eleven fallen through a wormhole, lost in space, Doctor Eleven trying to maintain hope and order, his faithful dog Luli

Some superheroes fly solo, some have sidekicks and some form partnerships, spinning gold out of thin air when together, capable but never quite complete without someone at their

The first family of superheroes, the Fantastic Four haven’t had an easy ride at the cinema: their first adventure was produced but never released, with rumours that Marvel

In the offices of Bluebook, programmer Caleb has won the “golden ticket” of the staff lottery, to spend a week with the owner of the software firm, the

An author of prolific but variable output, it seems as though the work of Philip Kindred Dick has become almost a film genre in its own right, though